mkisofs: Repackaging a Linux Install ISO

In the office I use Red Hat quite often and one of the quicker ways to provision a Red Hat server is via kickstart. There are many ways to reach a kickstart file during initial install (NFS, HTTP, FTP) but one of the ways I commonly use is to put the file on the installation DVD itself.

The below steps are what I use to add a custom directory to the installation iso file.

Mount the official ISO as a directory

In order to access the contents of the ISO file we can mount it as a file system.

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